Back band hook



Jan. 5, 1932. 1. L. WEAKLEY 7 1,840,005

' BACK BAND HOOK Filed Jan. 5, 1931 l'i'i L-L- V' Patented Jan. 5,1932,

UNITE-D STATES PATE T o Fice LLOYD L. WEAKLEY, F QUINCY; FLORIDA.

BACK BAND, HooK Applicationfiled. January 5, 1931. Serial No. 556,723.

This invention relates to harness and more particularly to a back-band havlng an improved traceengagmg hook,

One ob'ect of the inventionis to provide" a back-band hook of such constructionthat it may be easily applied to a back-band and after being vertically adjusted thereon remain in a set position.

Another object'of the invention is to so form the hook'that, while it may be very easily. adjusted upon the back'b-and, an

anchor bar forming part of the hook and engaged by the back-band will be firmly gripped and the hook prevented from slipping out of its adjusted position'upon' the back-band.

Another object of the invention. is to so mount the anchor bar that it may be swung into and out of position to cause the hook" from the harness. i

of anchor bar. I F1 6 1s a fra mentar sectional view The invention is illustrated in the accon1- panying drawings, wherein Fig. 1 is a view in elevation showing the improved hook applied to a portion of a back-hand. I

Fig. 2 is a vertical sectional view taken on the line 2-2 of Fig. 1.

Fig. 3' is a view showing the hook in elevation with the anchor bar swung outwardly from the body portion of the hook and broken away. 7 I

Fig; 4 is a longitudinal sectional VIEW through the anchor bar.

Fig. 5 is a side elevation of a modified form through ananchor bar having a modified form of core.

Fig; 7 is a section on line 7-7 of Fig. 6, and,

Fig. 8 is aside elevation of another-modified form of anchor bar.

This improved hook is to be applied to a back-band, a portion of which is shown in Figures land 2 and indicated by the numeral 1' and it will be understood that one of the hooks isto be applied to eachend portion of a back-band. I I

The body portion 2 of the hook is formed of strong metal and intermediate its ends is formed with a depending arm 3 from whichis struck a tongue bent longitudinally to form-a hill 4 which extends upwardly from adjacent the lower end of the arm and is curved longitudinally, as shown clearly in Figure 2, with itsfreeend projecting be yond the inner i ace of the tongue in order to prevent a trace from slippingupwardly out of engagement by this bill. A slot 5 extends longitudinally of the body and at one end of this slot the'body is cut to form a strip which is disposed transversely of the slot and bent outwardly to'form an eye 6.

The slot 5 is of sufficient width to permit a portion of the backbandto be folded transverselyfupon itself as shown at 7, and pass outwardly through the slot. By this arrange ment the hook maybe easily applied to a back band forming part of a harness without detaching the back-band fromthe harness.

In order to secure the hook in a set position upon the back-band, there has been provided an anchor bar 8. This anchor bar consists'oi' an outer sleeve 9 which may be formed of wood metal or an other desired material as shown in Figures 2, 3, and 4, and a core 10 extending longitudinally through the sleeve. The core consists of a wire strand doubled intermediate its length to form an eye 11 having-arms 12 extending therefrom for passage through the sleeve and it will be understood that the eye 11 is engaged with the eye 6 before the arms are passed through the sleeve.

These'arms are of greater length than the sleeve and have theirfree ends projecting from oneend of the sleeve and coiled abouteach other to form a flat head or abutment 13 which bears against the end of the sleeve about the opening thereof through which the arms pass and will serve very effectively to prevent the sleeve from slipping off the core.

It should be noted that the anchor bar is of greater diameter than the width of the slot 5. Therefore, this anchor bar cannot move inwardly through the slot and when the portion 7 of the back-band is drawn tightly about the anchor bar the hook will be securely held in a set position upon the band. Instead .ofhaving the ends of the arms coiled about each other to form a flat head, the arms may be only of sufiicient length to roject a short distance from the free end oft e sleeve and these end portions bent, as shown at 14 in Fig. 6, to engage the sleeve and retain the sleeve in place about the core. It should also be noted that if the ends are to be bent apart asshown in Fig. 6the core'may be formed of astrand'ofwlre which-1s circular in cross section,- but it will preferably be in the form ofan elongated cotter key having its arms formed with flat contacting side faces as shown in Fig. 7

In Figure 5, there hasbeen shown a modified construction wherein the sleeve of the anchor bar instead of being'tubular as shown in FiguresuQ. and 4 consists of a strand of resilient wire coiled to form a sleeve 15 which has convolutions throughoutits length and is yieldable longitudinally so that when the arms of the core are passed through this sleeve and bent torform thehead 13 the sleeve will have binding engagement with the eye 11 and abutment head 13. Since the sleeve 15 consists ofa coiled wire andhas convolutions throughout itslength, avery good gripping action will take place between the anchor portion andthe portion 7 of the back-band throughwhich this-bar is passed. In either construction the back-band may be drawn outwardlythrough the slot5 a suflicient distance topermit the anchor bar to be swung from the operative position shown in Figures 1' and 2. to the position shown in Figure 3, thereby permittingthe hook to be bodily detached from the back-band when repairs or replacements-"are necessary.

In :Figure '8, there has-been shown another modified form of anchor bar. In this con structionzonerend portion of a wire strand forms a core 16 which is straight and extends throughout the length of the bar. After determining the proper length for the core the wiresstrandzis passed through the eye 6 and then bent to form aneye 17-corresponding to theeyelland-the wire is then coiled about the c0re16 to form a sleeve 18 which extends slightly beyond the free end of-the core and istapered slightly at its free end, as shown at 19. Thetapered end of the sleeve prevents the free end of the core 16 from projecting beyond the sleeve and prevents danger. of {LIDCISOH cutting his hands when adiustingthe hook upon the back-band.

It: should'also be noted that if it is desired, the anchor bar. may be formed solid andcarry an eyeat one end for engagement with the eye 6 or a flexible element such as a string may be used to loosely connect one end of the anchor bar with the body and be secured to the anchor bar and body in any manner desired.

Having thus described the invention, I claim:

1. A back-band hook comprising a body, a bill carried by said body and facin upwardly, a slot being formed transversely in said body abowe theupper end of said bill, an eye at one end of said slot, and an anchor bar movable into and out of position to extend longitudinally of said slot in front thereof, said anchor bar consisting of a sleeve, and a core extending through'said sleeve and'having an eye at one end loosely engaged with the eye of said. crosshead, the other end of the core projecting from the sleeve and formed into a head to retain the sleeve upon the core.

2. Aback-band hook comprising a body, a hill carried by said body and facing upwardly, a slot being formed transversely in said body above the upper end of said bill, an eye at one end of said slot,.and an anchor bar movable into and out of positionto extend longitudinally ofsaid slot in front thereof, saida-nchor bar consisting of asleeve, and a core extending through said sleeve and formed from a strand. bent intermediate its length to form an eye engaged with the eye of said crosshead and arms extending through the sleeve with their free ends projecting therefrom'and bent to form a head adapted to retain the sleeve in place about the arms.

3. A back-band hook comprising a body, a bill carried by said body and facing upwardly, aslot being, formed transversely in said body above the upper end of-said bill, an eye at one end of said slot, and an anchor bar movable into and out of position to extend longitudinally of said-slot in front thereof, said anchor bar consisting of a sleeve, and a core extending through said sleeve and formed'from a strand bent intermediateits length to form an eye engaged with the eye of said crosshead and arms extending through the sleeve with their free ends projecting therefrom and wrapped about themselvesto form a flathead of greater diameter than the passage through the sleeve and adapted to engage the end of the sleeve about the passage and retain the sleeve in place.

4. A back-band hook comprising a body formed with a transversely extending slot and having a bill disposed below the slot, an eye at oneend of said slot, and an anchor bar movable into and out of an operative position longitudinally of the slot in front of the body and consisting of a. sleeve, and a core for said sleeve loosely engaged withthe eye and extending through the sleeve with its other end projecting from the sleeve and formed with an abutment toretain the sleeve in place about the core.

5. A back-band hook comprising a bod formed with a transversely extending slot and having a bill disposed below the slot, an eye at one end of said slot, and an anchor bar movable into and out of an operative po- 7 sition longitudinally of the slot in front of the body and consisting of a. sleeve, and a core 7 a 10 for said sleeve consisting ofa strand bent intermediate its length to form an eye engaged with the eye of said body and arms extending through the sleeve with their free ends projecting from the sleeve and twisted to form a head engaging the end of the sleeve to retain the sleeve in place about the core.

6. A back-band hook comprising a body formed with a transversely extending slot and having a bill disposed below the slot, an

eye at one end of said slot, and an anchor bar movable intoand out of an operative position longitudinally of the slot in front of the body and consisting of a sleeve formed from a strand coiled to form a sleeve having circumferentially extending convolutions and yieldable longitudinally, and a core for said sleeve having one end loosely engaged with the eye and extending through the sleeve with its other end projecting from the sleeve 0 and formed withan abutment to retain the sleeve in place about the core.

7. A back-band hook comprising a body formed with a transversely extending slot and having a bill disposed below the slot, an

eye at one end of said slot, and an anchor bar movable into and out of an operative position longitudinally of the slot in front of the body and consisting of a sleeve formed from a strand coiled to form a sleeve having circumferentially extending convolutions, a portion of the strand being bent to form an attaching eye at one end of the coil, and a core extending from the eye through the coil axially thereof.

. 8. A back-band hook comprising a body formed with a transversely, extending slot and having a bill disposed below the slot, an eye at one end of said slot, and an anchoring bar having one end loosely connected with,

said eye to mount the bar for swinging movement into and out of an operative position longitudinally of the slot in front of the body, the bar being of greater diametertha-n the slot to prevent movement thereof through.

the slot.

1 In testimony whereof'I aflix my signature.

LLOYD L. WEAKLE'Y. [11.8.14 

